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John Maytham is joined by Craig Ray, Sports Editor at Daily Maverick, to unpack the Springboks’ emphatic 66-7 victory over Italy in Turin. What made this such a dominant performance, how significant is the Boks’ points difference in the Nations Championship race, and are the world champions hitting their stride at just the right time ahead of next weekend’s showdown with France?
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TRANSCRIPT 🔗
Speaker 1: Resumption of the nation's championship in rugby over the weekend. The Springboks were wonderful in the first half against Italy and then not so wonderful in the second half. The first match was Ireland being too strong for Argentina, which was expected, particularly given Argentina's recent lack of form. Wales just too strong for Japan. New Zealand, understandably and predictably, too strong for Scotland, although it was closer in the first half than in the second. And perha…
